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I was born on December 20th, 1996, in Vienna, Virginia. My incredible parents, Kevin and Melissa, are black and white respectively. They both grew up without a lot, but worked tirelessly, just as their parents had done before them, to ensure that my brother and I had everything that we needed, and most of what we wanted. Although we were well above middle class on a national scale, at our predominantly white all-boys private school filled with multi-millionaire families, we were outliers. That…

In the past decades, women lived under certain gender constraints. According to traditional stereotypes women were the child bearers and caregivers; so they had to have feminine behaviors which consist of being emotional, dependent, supportive and submissive. Fortunately, many of these stereotypes has changed, however, not all stereotypes about women were eliminated. Women still struggle against gender stereotypes because they are still underestimated by media and society. Women are objectified…

In recent years, hunting has become an up and coming trend among Americans as a way to control the population of animals, but the practice of hunting is morally inhumane and is denying animals their rights to life. Humans need to strive for a more “hands off” policy when dealing with the animal overpopulation (“Animal Population Control”). Hunting should not be used as a means of animal population control. Controlling the animal population should be done in a nonlethal manner, whether by natural…

“The U.S. Constitution guarantees American numerous liberties and rights” (Janda, Berry, & Goldman, 2012, p. 420). The Bill of Rights is the core in protecting civil liberties and rights in which freedom and equality are reflected upon; it is indispensable for a democratic government to guarantee its people civil liberties and rights. Although the terms are mutual, they each have significance to the U.S. government and which it creates a dilemma with the people and the government; civil…

crack the code of the naysayer, choose simplicity, choose to make laughing mandatory, choose to feed and be fed, and choose to go all in. A free extra nugget of information includes “move the baby!” As a high school counselor who currently serves 420 students in a poverty-ridden area of Missouri, I am constantly searching for ways to grow as a servant…

The Greco-Persian Wars was a serious conflict between the huge empire, Persia, and the city-states of Greek. The direct cause of this war is the Ionian revolt. When Darius the Great (the ruler of Persia) came into power in 522 BC. Many cities were under the Persian control. Ionia was one of the cities. In 499 BC, Ionians started a rebel against the Persians. The Ionians had an early success. However, the army and the navy of the Persian were too powerful. The counterattack of the army and the…

In ancient Egypt, art was magical. Whether in the form of painting, sculpture, carving or script, art had the power to maintain universal order and grant immortal life by appealing to various gods to act on behalf of people – both in life and in death. A major purpose of the art in ancient Egypt was to carry messages of this world to the world of the deceased. A notable example of this would be the art in the tombs, that no one could see. Egyptian art was not based on what the artist could see…

A popular argument between people is: Are people good or evil? This is very difficult to answer because it is hard to define what is good and what is evil. Our population is 7 billion, 420 million and most people should be hard pressed to think that over 3.5 billion people in this world are evil. In sophomore level english II, students read Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Lord of the Flies by William Golding. They also examine the articles “The Psychology of Evil” By Philip Zimbardo, “What…

Gulf of Mexico and became a Category 5 hurricane on August 16” (Hurricane Camille 1969). The hurricane continued to travel its northwesterly path and was subjected to hit Florida and Mississippi. “Early Saturday August 16, with Camille located about 420 miles south of Panama City, Florida, forecasters issued a hurricane watch for the Gulf coast from Biloxi, Mississippi, to St. Marks, Florida” (Pielke).. Luckily, Florida was not hit. However, the storm continued its intense northwest path to the…

Blewitt, 2005, Perry’s research proposed a stage-based theory which described how college students learn and change their intellectual and ethical world-views and how one makes choices about the meaning of life, and one's responsibilities and values (p.420). Perry has divided his analysis on how college student gain knowledge into 9 position further grouped into 4 stages. First stage is Dualism which is the belief every problem is solvable and students are to learn the right answers which one…